Table 5. Test-retest reliability of nine sub-scales and sixty questions
Sub-scale | Question number | Weighted kappa (Question) | Spearman correlation (Sub-scale) |
Neutral | 1 | 0.58 | 0.78 |
2 | 0.48 |
7 | 0.44 |
8 | 0.47 |
22 | 0.57 |
23 | 0.65 |
53 | 0.49 |
54 | 0.62 |
Qi-deficiency | 2 | 0.48 | 0.73 |
3 | 0.60 |
4 | 0.43 |
5 | 0.46 |
6 | 0.46 |
7 | 0.44 |
27 | 0.46 |
Yang-deficiency | 18 | 0.55 | 0.90 |
19 | 0.62 |
20 | 0.55 |
22 | 0.57 |
23 | 0.65 |
52 | 0.55 |
55 | 0.49 |
58 | 0.43 |
Yin-deficiency | 17 | 0.54 | 0.73 |
21 | 0.50 |
29 | 0. 40 |
35 | 0.48 |
36 | 0.65 |
38 | 0.50 |
44 | 0.50 |
46 | 0.44 |
Phlegm-dampness | 14 | 0.6 | 0.81 |
16 | 0.43 |
28 | 0.45 |
42 | 0.50 |
47 | 0.52 |
49 | 0.68 |
50 | 0.46 |
51 | 0.63 |
Dampness-heat | 39 | 0.56 | 0.63 |
41 | 0.55 |
46 | 0.44 |
48 | 0.55 |
49 | 0.68 |
56 | 0.49 |
57 | 0.60 |
59 | 0.58 |
60 | 0.57 |
Blood-stasis | 33 | 0.57 | 0.67 |
35 | 0.48 |
36 | 0.65 |
37 | 0.46 |
40 | 0.44 |
43 | 0.66 |
44 | 0.50 |
45 | 0.51 |
Qi-depression | 9 | 0.49 | 0.76 |
10 | 0.50 |
11 | 0.52 |
12 | 0.56 |
13 | 0.57 |
15 | 0.40 |
47 | 0.52 |
Inherited -special | 24 | 0.58 | 0.89 |
25 | 0.56 |
26 | 0.50 |
30 | 0.61 |
31 | 0.60 |
32 | 0.52 |
34 | 0.50 |